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NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread for January 8 - 16 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 January 2014 12:31:55AM 2 points [-]

It's an interesting problem. A small proportion of the complaints might be about something urgent--- how do you sort them out from the minor or irrelevant stuff?

Comment author: Alsadius 11 January 2014 01:05:28AM 0 points [-]

Get rid of the direct communication, and tell your managers that important stuff should get filtered upwards.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 January 2014 01:16:28AM 1 point [-]

Very funny. Sometimes you can't trust your managers.

Comment author: Alsadius 11 January 2014 01:17:40AM 0 points [-]

Oh, it's hardly a perfect solution. But unless you hire a secretary to read the mailbox, it's what will happen. And much of the time it's good enough.